Sheldon is an English surname, as well as a masculine given name, combining the Old English scelf (rock ledge shelf) and the place name haddon, which in turn comes from the words hǣth (heath) and dūn (hill; but also, valley). Popular family history groups and notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Sheldon Adelson (1933–2021), American billionaire businessman
Sheldon Arnold (born 2002), American football player
Sheldon Bach (1925–2021), American psychologist
Shel Bachrach (1944–2024), American insurance broker, investor, businessman and philanthropist
Shelley Berman (1925–2017), American comedian, born Sheldon
Sheldon Blockburger (born 1964), American decathlete
Sheldon Brookbank (born 1980), Canadian hockey player
Sheldon Brooks (1811–1883), American businessman, physician, and politician
Sheldon Brown (American football) (born 1979), American football player
Sheldon Brown (artist) (born 1962), American artist and professor of computer art
Sheldon Brown (bicycle mechanic) (1944–2008), American bicycle mechanic, writer, and webmaster
Sheldon Burnside (born 1954), American baseball player
Sheldon Canley (born 1968), American football player
Sheldon Clare, Canadian politician
Sheldon S. Cohen (1927–2018), American lawyer
Sheldon Creed (born 1997), American racing driver
Sheldon Day (born 1994), American football player
Sheldon Drobny (1945–2020), American investor
Sheldon V. Ekman (1920–1982), United States Tax Court judge
Sheldon Gaines (born 1964), American football player
Sheldon Glashow (born 1932), American 1979 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Sheldon Harnick (1924–2023), American lyricist
Sheldon Lejeune (1885–1962), American baseball player
Sheldon Jackson (1834–1909), American missionary
Sheldon Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football player
Sheldon Jackson (cricketer) (born 1986), Indian cricketer
Sheldon Jones (1922–1991), American baseball player
Sheldon Kennedy (born 1969), Canadian hockey player
Sheldon Lavin (1932–2023), American billionaire and owner, CEO and chairman of OSI Group
Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American actor
Sheldon Mallory (born 1953), American baseball player
Sheldon Neuse (born 1994), American baseball player
Sheldon Price (born 1991), American football player
Sheldon Rankins (born 1994), American football player
Sheldon Richardson (born 1990), American football player
Sheldon Silver (1944–2022), United States politician
Shel Silverstein (1930–1999), American poet, songwriter, cartoonist, and children's book author
Sheldon Souray (born 1976), Canadian hockey player
Sheldon van der Linde (born 1999), South African racing driver
Sheldon White (born 1965), American football player and executive
Sheldon Whitehouse (born 1955), Democratic United States Senator from Rhode Island
Surname
Alice Sheldon (1915-1987), American Science Fiction author.
Alexander Sheldon (1766–1832), Speaker of the New York State Assembly
A J Sheldon (1874–1931), music critic
Benjamin R. Sheldon (1811–1897), American jurist
Bob Sheldon (born 1950), American baseball player
Brady Sheldon (born 1993), American football player
Brooke E. Sheldon (1931–2013), American librarian
Charles Sheldon (1857–1946), American Congregationalist minister
Charles H. Sheldon (1840–1898), American politician
Chris Sheldon (born 1962), English record producer
David Sheldon (disambiguation), various people
Dominic Sheldon, Anglo-Irish soldier
Donald Sheldon (1921–1975), Alaskan bush pilot
Edward Sheldon (1886–1946), American dramatist
Fred Sheldon (English footballer) (1871–?), English footballer for Stoke
Fred Sheldon (Welsh footballer), Welsh footballer for Aberdare Athletic
Frederick H. Sheldon (born 1951), American ornithologist
Fictional characters
Paul Sheldon, character from the novel Misery
Sheldon Cooper, character from the television series The Big Bang Theory and the prequel series Young Sheldon
Sheldon Lee, a character in My Life as a Teenage Robot
Sheldon J. Plankton, a character in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants
Sheldon (webcomic), a daily webcomic
Shelldon, snail in the animated series of the same title
Sheldon Wallace, a character from Private Practice
Animals
Sheldon, a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries